The Ghost of the King Appearing to Hamlet, Horatio and Guards (Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4)
Medium
Brush and brown ink, gouache, and wash on blue paper. Pen and black ink framing lines added when mounted.
Dimensions
sheet: 12 3/4 x 13 1/8 in. (32.4 x 33.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.3522
Tags
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century|Anonymous, German, 19th century|William Shakespeare · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...